You are incorrect. Nixon was a paranoid and bizarre human being, a good politician, but first and foremost, he was a criminal whose lawbreaking was so blatant that he could not even shield himself with the most powerful office in the entire world.

I don't much like his yelling over guests, but it's probably what I would do when I asked someone a question that they evade, avoid, or just don't answer. That's one of my biggest gripes about all the politicians, they respond with what they wish they'd been asked instead of ever answering a yes or no question with a yes or no.

I also don't like how he has so many of the same people on all the time, as if these pundits are experts on everything ranging from economy to strategic planning. I could happily go the rest of my life without seeing that woman from Salon ever again.

Matthews is fine -- he has a knowledge of history so he can at least put things in to context

but he fails at some basic interview questions -- he seems not study the subjects he interviewson -- going with whatever cursory knowledge he may already have.

So, if it is interviewing someone on something that happened between 1935 to the present, he cando pretty well (the Michelle Bachmann questioning which lead to here suggesting some in congress were anti-american):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bT01mC9xSA

that was a reasonable course of questioning (although he hit harder on it the next day when he realized what he had).

This questioning was better (when he was talking with a right wing radio host, Kevin James that couldn't explain the actions of Neville Chamberlain without except in a superficial "talking point" manner with the word "appeasement":

You are incorrect. Nixon was a paranoid and bizarre human being, a good politician, but first and foremost, he was a criminal whose lawbreaking was so blatant that he could not even shield himself with the most powerful office in the entire world.

You are incorrect. Nixon was a paranoid and bizarre human being, a good politician, but first and foremost, he was a criminal whose lawbreaking was so blatant that he could not even shield himself with the most powerful office in the entire world.

J.F.K. was an honest man, from an honest to goodness family.

I think Bobby was. It must have difficult for him to discover his dad was mobbed up and funded teamster pension loans at fantastic interest rates.

You are incorrect. Nixon was a paranoid and bizarre human being, a good politician, but first and foremost, he was a criminal whose lawbreaking was so blatant that he could not even shield himself with the most powerful office in the entire world.

J.F.K. was an honest man, from an honest to goodness family.

I think Bobby was. It must have difficult for him to discover his dad was mobbed up and funded teamster pension loans at fantastic interest rates.

J.F.K> tried to do good, but there was the baggageI agree. I think Bobby was really the one who wanted change./a damn shame, thinking about those times again